Abstract
The structures of inverted nanodomains in LiNbO3 crystals were investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM) combined with piezoresponse force microscopy and atomic force acoustic microscopy. The acoustic and AFM topographic images reflected in domain structures with polarization orientation revealed that unexpected antiparallel domains randomly exist in inverted nanodomains in congruent LiNbO3 but not in near-stoichiometric one. The Gibbs free energy change ΔG associating with the internal field Eint in congruent LiNbO3 was discussed. We propose that nonstoichiometric defects, which caused Eint during polarization reversal, play a key role in formation of antiparallel domains in congruent LiNbO3 crystals.
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